Indestructible entity, the Holy Name of God, is not in these religious books

Mohan Guruswamy

As I sit out in my verandah in Secunderabad, I can hear a muezzin's amplified call, much too loud if you ask me. Nearby a Hindu temple’s loudspeakers are matching it decibel for decibel. Both, are banned by law, yet no one pays heed.

When I was growing up in Marredpally, the masjid and the temple in the parallel street used to cater to their flock quite discretely. Quite sublimely too. Now even that has become a competitive cacophony. We must ponder over what Kabir had to say:

"Kankar pathar jor kar, masjid lai chunay.

Ta charh mullah bang de, kya bahira hua khuday.

Pathar hi ka dehra, pathar hi ka dev.

Poojan hara andhra, kyon kar mane sev.

Pathar dhar dhandha racha, pahan ka jagdish.

Mol liya bole nahin, khota biswa bis.

Man mathura dil dwarika, kaya kashi jan.

Daswa dwara dehra, tame jyoti pahchan.

Pandit aur mashalchi, inko sujhe nahin.

Auraun ko kare chandna, ap andhere mahin.

Pandit pothi bandh ke, de sirhane soy.

Wah akshar inme nahin, hansi de bhaven roy."

(Mosques are built with stones and pebbles and at the top of these mosques the mullah loudly recites Koranic verses as if God is deaf.

Buildings as well as deities are made of stone. The worshippers are blind and they think that a god made of stones is the true Almighty. They purchase their stone god from the market. This is all false.

Whereas the mind is like Mathura , the heart is Dwarika, the human body is Kashi. The tenth door in the human body within which the Divine Light is to be experienced must be opened. Pandits (priests) and Mashalchi (torchbearers) are both blind. They claim to enlighten others but they themselves ever remain in the dark.

The pandit sleeps with holy books beneath his pillow. The truth is that the indestructible entity, the Holy Name of God, is not in these religious books. Now you may either cry or laugh.)

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